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How to Medicate Your Pet Stress-free

Tips on improving a stereotypically traumatic experience

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No matter how hard we try, our pets will at some point need medical attention. Unfortunately, medicating your pet can be difficult and stressful; most animal medications have poor mouth taste and feel, and administering prescriptions is a whole other obstacle.

Thankfully, over the years of working as a Veterinary Assistant and through fostering animals, I’ve identified multiple strategies that help make medicating your pet stress-free.

Let’s get started!

The Meatball — Put your pet’s medication into the centre of a wet food ball.

Supplies:

• Wet food
• Your pet’s medication
• A spoon
• A bowl or plate
• Gloves (if you don’t want to get your hands dirty)
• Your pet’s regular food bowl

How to:

1. Scoop a heaping tablespoon of wet food and set it into a plate or bowl.
2. Place the medication (tablet, liquid, chewable, or capsule) into the centre of the…